2. (intransitive verb) to be crammed into the mouth, gorged, gobbled up, wolfed down.
Ka apuapu te waha i te kai (W 1971:13). / The mouth was crammed with food.
3. (modifier) palatable.
Ko te hunga pōhara, ka mihi i te kai apuapu; ko te hunga whai rawa, ka tū kē pea ngā ihu ki ērā kai, kua minamina kē ki te kai rangatira (HJ 2017:121). / Poor people praise palatable food; wealthy people turn their noses up at those foods, but instead want gourmet food.
